Family
She was a daughter of Amadeus V, Count of Savoy and his second wife Maria of Brabant. Her maternal grandparents were John I, Duke of Brabant and Margaret of Flanders. Margaret was a daughter of Guy of Dampierre and his first wife Matilda of Bethune.
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